Envelop.



A. E. BARKER.

ENVELOP.

APPLIGATION PILED'IAH. 15. 1909.

, Patented Mag; 25, 1909.

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5 5 ATTORNEYS A. E. HARKER.

ENVELOP. APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 1909.

922,891 Patented May 25, 1909.

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Application filed January'15, 1G9. S eria Ni). 472,430;

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, ALBERT E. HARKER, a cit zen of the United States, and a resident of ll'indsor, in the county of Mercer and.

rapidly cut, folded into form and secured by an adherent at certain edges thereof, so as to provide two independent pockets therein for the-reception of cash contributions to different objects, the envelop being es )cciallyde' signed for use. in the collection 0 voluntary offerings for the su )port of a pastor, and

the officers of a church; a-further object be' ing to 'proYith-i suitable spaces on the envelop for the reception and display of church notices, current texts of scripture, or other appropriate advertisements that may be writ.

ten or printed thereon.

The-inventionconsists in the novel con struction of an envelop from a single sheet of paper, as is hereinafter described, and deined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a lan'view of the blank for the improved enve op, cut into form andptirtia 1y folded; Fig. 2 is an inner side View of the envelop. showing half portions thereof folded together; Fig. 3 is a rear face view of the envelop folded and ready for closure and sealing; Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View of the sealed envelop, taken on the line l-l in Fig. 7; Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectionalview, substantially on the line in Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the envelop unfolded to display its two main sections, on the side opposite that shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a front face View of the improved envelop completely folded and sealed.

The blank A, as cut front a paper sheer for the production of the improved cnrclnp, comprises an oblong piece of paper, ha ring four edges that are disposed oppositely in pairs, as shown in Fig. 1. The width between the edges or and b of the blank A, is greater than that between the edges 0, (Z

is to produce enex'olent nature, and which are usually collected and disbursed by rent expenses.

thereof: Parallel with the ed gc' 'lf and Lit a fold b isforrned, producing a narrow the edged andfold Z)", and the edgeportion I near 'the'edge a is iinposedu on-the flap whereon itis secured by JP. [The portion B of the blank Ade-lined in width by the edge (L andfold e, e, is provided with similar flaps (1, 75, spective ends of said bl g in Fig. 1 is designed to fold down upon the portion B, and as isindicatedin F1f.-l't1g flap side of the portion B flap g is folded; of the blank A, Willi- 11 fOPCODVGlllQDQG;]S- de-i a llap i of greaterreadththan-the" lapit; and lllSGlTlC-G 1s folded on the line 2 '2)" that appears in Fig and 6. T he flap 2 iscoated Fig. 1-,fas indicated at whichis parallel with and opposite tothe fold line i, i a slot nis forniedgin the blank section G. Centrally betweenathofold lined :2" and edge or, the folded sections B, C are again folded on a line 0, 0 which is parallel with the fold line i, i. A coating 10 of adhesive is formed on the section B, at and near the fold line 0, 0, and when the sections B, C are folded together on the line '6, c said adhesive is adapted for joining together said blank sections at or near the fold line 0, 0.

As before mentioned, the ed e portion a of the blank section B is cemented upon the flap by the adhcsiveb when the sections B, C are folded together on the line e, c, and when this is being effectedv the adhesive g on the flap is caused to cement said flap upon the edge portion of the blank section C adjacent to the slot n. It will be seen that when the blank section's B, U are folded, and certain edge portions thereof are cemented together are formed in the envelop, that are side by side one receptacle 1" having the slot 21 open-- ing therei'rlto, and thc other receptacle s is closed by folding down and scaling the flu p 5 over the folded flap /t. The pocket or receptacle s is designed for reception of church support such asthc pastors'salary and cur- Through the slot '11. contrithe It hesive coating nfear flap 1?) that-iscoated on'one side withafsuitable sealing material, as "shownfat' I) in Fig. .1. The blank A is folded at c, c centrally between that project at the re-- nk when it ;is cut into forrnQ "The flap 9 h a' r-i-ng a coating of adhe: sive on the outer surface thereof as shown at 7: is adapted for folding toward'the opposite. fronithat on which the The-remaining half section signated .by thecharacter C, is provided with:

vSO withadhesive .rnaterial onthe side shown .in heartheedge m lfll) as l'n-amtoforc explained, two receptacles r, s

. bntions of a henevolent character are'placed are placed pnthe front and rear faces of the 10 1 for the reception of contri I in the receptacle such as local charities and -'the missionary fund, and it.w-i1l be noted that the flap;i'when folded downand 'sealed,' closes' the slot 1 and thus prevents the contents of thereceptaclefr'froin' inspection only by the proper officer of the church.

shown,'; written or printed 'instrnc tions when distributed utions is not completely folded butis in the condition shown envelop, anda'sthe envelop in Fig.2, it will be obvious that advertisements tof an appropriate character may be placed on the surface shown exposed in The improved envelop is manifestly ex tremely simple, provides two independent scalable pockets formed of'one piece of paper;

permits-the abstraction of the contents of one; pocket' without. disturbance of the con tents of'the' other pocket;providesmeans a for sealing both pockets'atthe same time by one operation; andrequires the return-of the :entire sealed envelop and its contentsto the church'oflticer at the sarnetime. By reason of its extrenne simplicity, each. person-using designate the im roved enve op may without; mistake place't e contribution in the 'pifioper recep-' 'tacle for the pur ose intended.

While refera lylnsed for the purpose d the im roved envelop'may also ,be employed forot erpurposes.

I Having thus described my finvention, I 35191841111 as new and desire to secure by Letters I Patent: a

1. An envelon made froin a sheetdo ibled 7 name to this specification in the upon itself to form two folds; one said I folds having at its free side edge a flap for engaging the free side edge of the other fold, one end of said first named fold being provided with a flap, and the other with a slot, the ends of the other fold being each provided with a flap of lesser length than the end flap of the first named fold, the flap ad'acent to the slot being provided with an ad esive for securing it 'to the end of the other fold,

said fold having at its center a transverse.

line of adhesive, said folds being doubled upon themselves to form a two part envelop, said long fold being the sealing flap and o f-a length suificient to cover the slot.

I 2. An envelop made from a sheet doubled upon itself to form two folds, one of said folds having at its free side edge a flap for engaging the free side edge of the other fold; i

one end of said first named fold being provided with a flap, the ends of the other fold being each provided with a ha of lesser len th' than the-end flap of the "rst named fol ,.the flap adjacent to the slot being pro vided With an adhesive for securing it to the two subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT ELMER HARKER. 'Witnesses:

\ R.-R. FIRMAN,

.v WMJM. PERRmn'.

the long fold being 

